[TR] TR4 Surrey Top

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In a message dated 10/27/2007 7:32:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Kinderlehrer at comcast.net writes:

Does  anyone know if the surrey top for the TR4 was a factory option or a
dealer  installed option? A friend is doing an article on options of the 
period
and  would like to know.


==AM==
TECHNICALLY... ;-)
 
The real question is whether the TR4 hardtop option (likely including the  
vinyl part and its framework -- the "surrey" --  as well as the metal top  
panel) was factory or dealer-installed? Now that we've gotten terminology out of  
the way, the answer is yes to both. A factory hard top installation could be 
had  in body color, while those supplied after the fact and to be installed by 
the  dealer or owner were generally available in either white or black. At 
least that  color choice is what I remember reading in various histories of the 
TR4. By the  time of the TR4A, the "kit" was available with rear light frame and 
metal top  available in "primed" finish. The "surrey" kit, available in both 
black and  white, was a separate option.  

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